![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Operis historici et chronologici libri duo : in quibus historia sacra & profana compendiosè deducitur ex ipsis fontibus, a creatione mundi ad Constantinum Magnum, & quaestiones ac dubia chronologica, quae ex V. & N. Testamento moveri solent, breviter & perspicuè explicantur & vindicantur. Una cum tribus diatribis ... - Baillie, Robert, 1599-1662
John Adams Library copy inscribed: "Benjamin Wadsworth His Book Anno Dominis 1687." Inscribed "Benjamin Wadsworth his Book Anno Salvatoris 1687 sev. May the- 2." Inscribed: "Benjamin Wadsworth Anno Dom. 1686 Given by his brother Recompence." Inscribed: "N. Williams’s book bought of Mr Wadsworth April 1 1695. for 6/." Signature removed from t.p.
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| The theory and practice of brewing - Combrune, Michael
John Adams's signature on title page: "John Adams."
Keywords: Brewing; Brewing industry -- Great Britain
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| Message of His Excellency Oliver Wolcott to the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Connecticut, at the commencement of the session of the General Assembly in New-Haven, May A.D. 1826 - Connecticut. Governor (1817-1827 : Wolcott)
On t.p.: "Printed by order of the House of Representatives."
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| Memoires et instructions pour les ambassadeurs, ou, Lettres et negotiations de Walsingham ... : avec les maximes politiques de ce ministre, & des remarques sur la vie des principaux ministres & favoris de cette princesse - Digges, Dudley, Sir, 1583-1639
Compiled by Sir Dudley Digges; edited by A.H
Keywords: Walsingham, Francis, Sir, 1530?-1590; Statesmen; Favorites, Royal
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| Dionysiou Halikarnaseos ta heuriskomena, historika te kai rhetorika, syngrammata : Dionysii Halicarnassei scripta quae extant, omnia, et historica, et rhetorica. E veterum librorum auctoritate, doctorumq; hominum animadversionibus quamplurimis in locis emendata & interpolata; cum Latina versione ad Græci exemplaris fidem ... collata & conformata ... Addita fragmenta quædam, cum Glareani Chronologia, & duplici appendice. Additæ etiam notæ ... Adjecti præterea duo ... indices; alter graecus; alter, Latinus - Dionysius, of Halicarnassus
John Adams Library copy: minor annotations. John Adams Library copy stamped in red on title page with prior owner's mark.
Keywords: History, Ancient; Rhetoric, Ancient
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| Tes palai kai tes nyn oikoumenes periegesis, sive, Dionysii geographia : emendata & locupletata, additione scil. geographiae hodiernae : Graeco carmine pariter donatae : cum 16 tabulis geographicis - Dionysius, Periegetes
The first seven words are transliterated from the Greek.
Keywords: Geography, Ancient; Geography; Geography; Pemberton, Ralph Stephen; Way, R. E
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| Alexandri Donati e Societate Jesu Roma vetus ac recens : utriusque ædificiis illustrata : in multis locis aucta, castigatior reddita, indice locupletissimo & figuris aeneis illustrata - Donati, Alessandro, 1584-1640
Colophon: Campis, Typis Caspari Cotii, typographi & bibliopolae, 1694
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| Addenda to Ebers' Catalogue, for 1814, 1815, and 1816 : containing an extensive collection of new publications, which have been added since the former part of this catalogue was printed - Ebers, John, 1785?-1830?
Printer from colophon
Keywords: Bibliography
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| Catalogue des livres, Francois et Italiens de la biblioteque circulaire - Ebers, John, 1785?-1830?
John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library
Keywords: Bibliography; Bibliography
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| Catalogue of Ebers's British and foreign circulating library, 27, Old Bond Street : consisting of the most approved authors, ancient and modern - Ebers, John, 1785?-1830?
Title also printed on cover
Keywords: Bibliography; Bibliography; Bibliography
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| [Epicteti stoici philosophi Encheiridion : item Cebetis Thebani Tabula, de vita humana prudenter instituenda. Accessere, Simplicij in eundem Epicteti libellum doctissima scholia, Arriani commentariorum de Epicteti disputationibus libri quatuor. Item, nonnulla eiusdem argumenti in studiosorum gratiam - Epictetus
Missing most of title page and page damage through page 69. Greek and Latin in parallel columns.
Keywords: Ethics
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| Annals of King's chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day (Volume 1) - Foote, Henry Wilder, 1838-1889
John Adams Library copy posthumously added to collection.
Keywords: King's Chapel (Boston, Mass.); Puritans -- Massachusetts Boston; Congregationalism -- History
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| A circumstantial report of the evidence and proceedings upon the charges preferred against His Royal Highness the Duke of York in the capacity of commander in chief, in the months of February and March, 1809 - Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, defendant
John Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894
Keywords: Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827; Trials (Impeachment) -- Great Britain
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| A narrative of the proceedings of the Corporation of Harvard College : relative to the late disorders in that seminary - Harvard University
Shaw & Shoemaker
Keywords: Harvard University; Harvard University
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| Free remarks on the spirit of the federal Constitution : the practice of the federal government, and the obligations of the Union, respecting the exclusion of slavery from the territories and new states ... - John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) BRL
John Adams Library copy inscribed on front cover: "For the Hon. J. Adams from his very respectful serv. R. Walsh. Adams Library 1819."
Keywords: Slavery -- United States Extension to the territories
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| The Remembrancer : or, Impartial Repository of Public Events. For the Year 1777 - John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) MB (BRL)
ESTC
Keywords: United States -- History Revolution, 1775-1783
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| Historia B. Platinae de vitis pontificum Romanorum : a D.N. Jesu Christo usque ad Paulum II. venetum papam : longe' quam antea emendatior, doctissimarumq[ue] annotationum Onuphrii Panuinii accessione nunc illustrior reddita : cui, eiusdem Onuphrii accurata atque fideli operâ, reliquorum pontificum vitae, usq[ue] ad Pium V. & Antonii Ciccarellae, usq[ue] ad Clementem VIII. qui hodiè sanctæ Romanae Catholicae ecclesiae præsidet, adiunctæ sunt : accesserunt nunc demum omnium pontificum verae effigies : omnia summo studio emendata & correcta - Platina, 1421-1481
Numerous errors in pagination
Keywords: Catholic Church; Popes; Papacy; Church history; Popes
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| Reports of cases argued and adjudged in the courts of king's bench and common pleas : in the reigns of the late King William, Queen Anne, King George the First, and King George the Second [1694-1732] (Volume 1) - Raymond, Robert Raymond, Baron, 1673-1733, reporter
John Adams Library copy has signature removed from title page, v. 1-3. Inscribed on inside back cover, v. 1: "£ 8: 30:"
Keywords: Law reports, digests, etc. -- Great Britain
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| Reports of cases argued and adjudged in the courts of king's bench and common pleas : in the reigns of the late King William, Queen Anne, King George the First, and King George the Second [1694-1732] (Volume 2) - Raymond, Robert Raymond, Baron, 1673-1733, reporter
John Adams Library copy has signature removed from title page, v. 1-3.
Keywords: Law reports, digests, etc. -- Great Britain; Pleading -- Great Britain
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| Caroli Sigonii Historiarum de regno Italiae libri quindecim : ... qui libri historiam ab anno DLXX vsque ad MCC. continent. Accessit præter alias editiones, rerum memorabilium index locupletissimus - Sigonio, Carlo, 1524?-1584
John Adams's signature on first leaf: "John Adams Paris 1784." Inscribed on t.p.: "Tho. Bingus" ... "C. Mason : Trin : Coll. Cant. Soc. : 1735." With: Libri quatuor De scrupulis chronologor[um] in quibus non solum calculus Sacræ scripturæ cum serie quatuor monarchiarum, & Olympiadibus Græcorum, atq[ue] annis ab urbe Roma condita pulcherrima harmonia conciliatur : sed etiam quam plurimi et difficilimi scrupuli, qui hactenus in hanc harmoniam irrepserant, multosq[ue] antiquitatis & veritatis di...
Keywords: Italy -- History 476-1268 Early works to 1800
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| P. Terentii Comoediae sex elegantissimae - Terence
John Adams Library copy contains underlining and minor annotations in unknown hand. Wanting all pages up to signature b2.
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| [Thoukydidou tou Olorou, Peri tou Peloponnesiakou polemou biblia okto] = Thucydidis Olori filii, De Bello Peloponnesiaco libri octo. Idem Latinè, ex interpretatione Laurentii Vallæ, ab Henrico Stephano nuper recognita, quam Aemilius Portus, Francisci Porti Cretensis F. paternos commentarios accuratè sequutus, ab infinita grauissimorum errorum multitudine nouissimè repurgauit, magnaq[ue] diligentia passim expolitam innouauit - Thucydides
John Adams Library copy inscribed: former owner's signature crossed out. John Adams Library copy inscribed: "J.Q. Adams."
Keywords: Greece -- History Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. Early works to 1800
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| Principes généraux et particuliers de la langue Francaise, confirmés par des exemples choisis, instructifs, agréables & tirés des bons auteurs ... - Wailly, Noël François de, 1724-1801
John Adams Library copy contains bookplate: John Quincy Adams Fidem libertatem amicitiam. John Adams's signature on title page: "John Adams 2:10:0."
Keywords: French language -- Grammar
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| A mechanical account of the non-naturals : being a brief explication of the changes made in humane bodies, by air, diet, etc. Together with an enquiry into the nature and use of baths upon the same principles. To which is prefix'd, the doctrin of animal secretion in several propositions - Wainewright, Jeremiah, b. 1673
John Adams Library copy has bookplate on verso of t.p.: "E libris Thomæ Addams M.D Coll. Med. Lond. Soc."
Keywords: Medicine
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| An appeal from the judgments of Great Britain respecting the United States of America : part first, containing an historical outline of their merits and wrongs as colonies, and strictures upon the calumnies of the British writers - Walsh, Robert, 1784-1859
No more parts published
Keywords: Slavery
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| The doctrine of grace, or, The office and operations of the Holy Spirit vindicated from the insults of infidelity, and the abuses of fanaticism : with some thoughts (humbly offered to the consideration of the established clergy) regarding the right method of defending religion against the attacks of either party ... - Warburton, William, 1698-1779
John Adams Library copy inscribed on inside front cover: "To N. Rice by S. Locke June 5 1773." Inscribed on verso of last leaf: "Nathan Rice." Bookplate: "Sigill: Coll: Harvard: Cantab: Nov: Angl: 1650."
Keywords: Holy Spirit; Grace (Theology)
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| Two letters to the Rev. Alexander M'Leod, D.D. : pastor of the reformed Presbyterian church, containing remarks upon the texts from which he preached on the evenings of April 30, and May 7 - Ware, Henry, 1794-1843
Shaw and Shoemaker
Keywords: M'Leod, Alexander, 1774-1833; Unitarian churches
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| Two discourses containing the history of the Old North and New Brick churches, united as the Second Church in Boston : delivered May 20, 1821, at the completion of a century from the dedication of the present meeting-house in Middle-Street - Ware, Henry, 1794-1843
John Adams Library copy inscribed on t.p.: "Adams Library of the town of Quincy 1821."
Keywords: Second Church (Boston, Mass.); New Brick Church (Boston, Mass.); Boston (Mass.) -- Church history
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| The history of the rebellion and civil-war in Ireland - Warner, Ferdinando, 1703-1768
John Adams's signature on title page: "John Adams."
Keywords: Ireland -- History 1649-1660
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| A view of the mercurial practice in febrile diseases - Warren, John, 1753-1815
John Adams Library copy inscribed on first leaf: "Hon. John Adams L.L.D. respecfully from his humble servant the author."
Keywords: Mercury -- Therapeutic use; Fever
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| An oration delivered March 5th, 1772 : at the request of the inhabitants of the town of Boston; to commemorate the bloody tragedy of the fifth of March, 1770 - Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775
John Adams Library copy inscribed on half t.p.: "John Adams. From his humble servant Joseph Warren";"Adams Lib. 1822 [-] AD 1772[=] -50."
Keywords: Boston Massacre, 1770
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| The history of English poetry : from the close of the eleventh to the commencement of the eighteenth century. To which are prefixed two dissertations. I. On the origin of Romantic fiction in Europe. II. On the introduction of learning into England (Volume 1) - Warton, Thomas, 1728-1790
ESTC
Keywords: English poetry -- History and criticism
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| The history of English poetry : from the close of the eleventh to the commencement of the eighteenth century. To which are prefixed two dissertations. I. On the origin of Romantic fiction in Europe. II. On the introduction of learning into England (Volume 2) - Warton, Thomas, 1728-1790
ESTC
Keywords: English poetry -- History and criticism
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| The history of English poetry : from the close of the eleventh to the commencement of the eighteenth century. To which are prefixed two dissertations. I. On the origin of Romantic fiction in Europe. II. On the introduction of learning into England (Volume 3) - Warton, Thomas, 1728-1790
ESTC
Keywords: English poetry -- History and criticism
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| Cautions to young persons concerning health : in a public lecture delivered at the close of the medical course in the chapel at Cambridge Nov. 20. 1804; containing the general doctrine of chronic diseases; shewing the evil tendency of the use of tobacco upon young persons; more especially the pernicious effects of smoking cigarrs ; with observations on the use of ardent and vinous spirits ... - Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846
Includes half t.p.: Doctor Waterhouse's lecture on the evil tendency of tobbaco, and the pernicious effects of ardent and vinous spirits on young persons
Keywords: Tobacco; Alcohol; Tobacco; Alcoholic beverages; Youth
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| An essay concerning tussis convulsiva, or, whooping cough : with observations on the diseases of children - Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846
John Adams Library copy inscribed on front cover and t.p.: "The Adams Lib[rar]y of the town of Quincy from the Author."
Keywords: Whooping cough
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| A collection of theological tracts : in six volumes (Volume 5) - Watson, Richard, 1737-1816
Vols. 4 and 5 bear the imprint: London, printed by J. Nichols; for T. Evans; J & J. Merrils [sic], Cambridge: and J. & J. Fletcher, Oxford, 1785
Keywords: Theology
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| A collection of theological tracts : in six volumes (Volume 3) - Watson, Richard, 1737-1816
Vols. 4 and 5 bear the imprint: London, printed by J. Nichols; for T. Evans; J & J. Merrils [sic], Cambridge: and J. & J. Fletcher, Oxford, 1785
Keywords: Theology
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| A collection of theological tracts : in six volumes (Volume 4) - Watson, Richard, 1737-1816
Vols. 4 and 5 bear the imprint: London, printed by J. Nichols; for T. Evans; J & J. Merrils [sic], Cambridge: and J. & J. Fletcher, Oxford, 1785
Keywords: Theology
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| A collection of theological tracts : in six volumes (Volume 6) - Watson, Richard, 1737-1816
Vols. 4 and 5 bear the imprint: London, printed by J. Nichols; for T. Evans; J & J. Merrils [sic], Cambridge: and J. & J. Fletcher, Oxford, 1785
Keywords: Theology
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| A collection of theological tracts : in six volumes (Volume 1) - Watson, Richard, 1737-1816
Vols. 4 and 5 bear the imprint: London, printed by J. Nichols; for T. Evans; J & J. Merrils [sic], Cambridge: and J. & J. Fletcher, Oxford, 1785
Keywords: Theology
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| A collection of theological tracts : in six volumes (Volume 2) - Watson, Richard, 1737-1816
Vols. 4 and 5 bear the imprint: London, printed by J. Nichols; for T. Evans; J & J. Merrils [sic], Cambridge: and J. & J. Fletcher, Oxford, 1785
Keywords: Theology
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| Histoire du régne de Philippe II : roi d'Espagne (Volume 1) - Watson, Robert, 1730?-1781
Engraved frontispiece portrait of Philippe II on verso facing t.p., v. 1
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| Histoire du régne de Philippe II : roi d'Espagne (Volume 2) - Watson, Robert, 1730?-1781
Engraved frontispiece portrait of Philippe II on verso facing t.p., v. 1
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| Histoire du régne de Philippe II : roi d'Espagne (Volume 3) - Watson, Robert, 1730?-1781
Engraved frontispiece portrait of Philippe II on verso facing t.p., v. 1
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| Histoire du régne de Philippe II : roi d'Espagne (Volume 4) - Watson, Robert, 1730?-1781
Engraved frontispiece portrait of Philippe II on verso facing t.p., v. 1
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| A collection of essays and fugitiv writings : on moral, historical, political and literary subjects - Webster, Noah, 1758-1843
ESTC
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| Primitiæ et reliquiæ - Wellesley, Richard Wellesley, Marquess, 1760-1842
Also available on microfiche
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| Memoirs of the most material transactions in England, for the last hundred years, preceding the Revolution in 1688 - Welwood, James, 1652-1727
John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library |  |
| [A sermon preached before His Excellency James Bowdoin, Esq. governour, His Honour Thomas Cushing, Esq. lieutenant-governour, the Honourable the Council, Senate, and House of Representatives, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, May 31, 1786 : being the day of general election - West, Samuel, 1738-1808
ESTC
Keywords: Election sermons; Unitarian churches; Sermons, American
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